Wiener Neustadt Arena: Rapid Wien II vs Blau-Weiß Linz Erste Liga preview

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Competition: Austria Erste Liga
Competition: Wed 14.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wiener Neustadt Arena

Struggling Rapid Wien II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Blau-Weiß Linz in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Rapid Wien II have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals (49) in Erste Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rapid Wien II and Blau-Weiß Linz.

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Rapid Wien II form and stats

Rapid Wien II's struggle is real here at Wiener Neustadt Arena with only 10 points collected from 10 Erste Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6.

Preceding that match was the home game against Vorwarts Steyr that was lost 0-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Erste Liga game versus SV Horn II in only four days. This game is also played here at Wiener Neustadt Arena.

Rapid has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Rapid Wien II have conceded 17 from these games.

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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

5-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blau-Weiß Linz, who have the most scored goals (49) in Erste Liga, in their Erste Liga matches away. Blau-Weiß Linz have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games Blau-Weiß has no reason to fear anyone.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Wacker Innsbruck.

As you can tell from the results above, Blau-Weiß was very dominant against Grazer AK, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with F. Strauss, F. Schubert (3) and A. Kostić providing the goals. F. Schubert certainly enjoyed Blau-Weiß Linz's last game versus Grazer AK, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-0 victory.

A quick return to home after this game, as Blau-Weiß are hosting Vorwarts Steyr in the Erste Liga only three days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Blau-Weiß Linz are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Blau-Weiß Linz have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Blau-Weiß Linz - Rapid 3-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Rapid wins - draws - Blau-Weiß Linz wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzF. Schubert
F. Schubert
25 goals
Rapid Wien IIM. Fuchshofer
M. Fuchshofer
6 goals
RapidO. Strunz
O. Strunz
5 goals

Rapid Wien II missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Rapid Wien II Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 4 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 2 5 14
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
13 6 1 Lost L 1 4 6
27 12 3 Scored S 8 22 49
39 17 3 Conceded C 7 17 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
64% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 67%
32% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 70% 52%
27% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 33%
68% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 57%
14% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 33%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 10.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.9 11
3.3 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.2 5.3
38% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 44%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals (49) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Erste Liga
  • Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Rapid Wien II have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Erste Liga
  • Rapid Wien II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lafnitz 22 14 2 6 37 25 11 6 1 4 15 13 11 8 1 2 22 12 12 44
2 Blau-Weiß Linz 21 14 1 6 49 26 11 9 0 2 27 9 10 5 1 4 22 17 23 43
3 Liefering 21 13 4 4 43 20 10 6 2 2 22 9 11 7 2 2 21 11 23 43
4 Austria Klagenfurt 22 10 8 4 41 25 12 8 2 2 31 15 10 2 6 2 10 10 16 38
5 Wacker Innsbruck 22 10 6 6 31 27 12 6 3 3 16 14 10 4 3 3 15 13 4 36
6 Grazer AK 22 9 5 8 31 31 10 4 3 3 12 8 12 5 2 5 19 23 0 32
7 Kapfenberger SV 22 8 4 10 29 40 11 4 3 4 13 15 11 4 1 6 16 25 -11 28
8 Amstetten 21 7 6 8 30 36 9 3 4 2 18 18 12 4 2 6 12 18 -6 27
9 Juniors OÖ 21 7 6 8 27 33 11 4 3 4 13 18 10 3 3 4 14 15 -6 27
10 Dornbirn 22 7 5 10 28 32 11 1 3 7 8 18 11 6 2 3 20 14 -4 26
11 Austria Lustenau 22 7 4 11 33 37 11 4 1 6 16 17 11 3 3 5 17 20 -4 25
12 Austria Wien II 22 6 6 10 30 34 11 2 2 7 16 23 11 4 4 3 14 11 -4 24
13 Vorwarts Steyr 22 5 9 8 23 33 12 2 7 3 17 18 10 3 2 5 6 15 -10 24
14 Floridsdorfer AC 22 6 5 11 26 32 11 5 2 4 17 13 11 1 3 7 9 19 -6 23
15 Rapid Wien II 22 6 3 13 27 39 10 3 1 6 12 17 12 3 2 7 15 22 -12 21
16 SV Horn II 22 5 6 11 30 45 11 4 3 4 17 20 11 1 3 7 13 25 -15 21

Read more about Erste Liga

The Austrian Football Second League (2. Liga, formerly known as Erste Liga) is the second highest level of football in Austria. The league expanded from ten to 16 teams before the 2018/19 season. Each team play 30 fixtures to decide a final league table, promotion and relegation.